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Health Effects of Climate Change:

Shafiq Ullah
3 min readNov 19, 2024

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Climate change & health

Climate change is a threat to health. More frequent rising heat, unpredictable weather conditions, sudden outbreaks of erratic climatic changes, and other abnormal seasonal changes increase the persistence of disease and create new ones more commonly. Climate change will lead to at least 250,000 deaths between 2030 and 2050, WHO predicts.

causes:

1. Heat Stroke:

Life-claiming illness by direct exposure to extreme heat over several days

2. Dehydration:

Cystic kidney disease, heart condition and coma.

3. Respiratory Conditions:

Heat wave precautions exacerbate asthma, COPD and other respiratory ailments.

Extreme Weather Conditions:

Extreme weather

1. Flooding:

Through water-borne diseases, cholera, typhoid and leptospirosis at a deadly pace.

2. Storm surges and winds raging as potential injuries to the body injuries through trauma and mental problems.

3. Drought:

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Shafiq Ullah
Shafiq Ullah

Written by Shafiq Ullah

I am article writer.most of my articles are on health and safety

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